| | Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Silky Shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The genus name Carcharhinus is derived from the Greek "karcharos" = sharpen and "rhinos" = nose. |
 | | Other names appearing in the literature include Squalus or Prionodon tiburo, Gymnorhinus or Gymnorrhinus pharaonis, Aprionodon sitankaiensis, Carcharhinus floridanus, Eulamia malpeloensis, and Carcharhinus atrodorsus. |
 | | The silky shark, so named because its "smooth" hide (a result of densely packed dermal denticles) is also called the "net-eater shark" in the eastern Pacific because of its tendency to ravage tuna seine nets. |
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